Supreme Court rejects Quebec’s attempt to block changes to election map boundaries

The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected an appeal by the Quebec government that sought to block a redrawing of the provincial electoral map.The 7-2 decision delivered from the bench means that a riding on the Gaspé Peninsula and another in Montreal’s east end will be eliminated in favour of two new districts in the growing Laurentians/Lanaudière and Centre-du-Québec regions.Premier François...